Uttarakhand CM orders probe against IAS officer over tender ‘irregularities`
(WorldNews India)

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered an inquiry into a state minister’s allegations of irregularities by an IAS officer in a tender process. Women Welfare and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya had written to the Dehradun DIG that V Shanmugam, additional secretary at her department, was “missing” since September 20 and that his phone was switched off. Arya said she could not contact him despite multiple attempts and asked the police to probe if he had been “kidnapped” or had gone “underground” to escape scrutiny. Shanmugam was in quarantine at his home. Government spokesperson Madan Kaushik told The Indian Express on Friday: “The Chief Minister has ordered an...